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A Classic - [17 Mar 2008]
I have just gone back and re-read this book for the second time. I was very aware of the beginnings of the HIV/AIDS crisis around the time they began calling it the Gay disease when the first newspaper articles were written. I am a straight public health...
of the HIV/AIDS crisis around the time they began calling it the Gay disease when...
www.amazon.com/review/R1Y4CB7NW...
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How the fight against AIDS was initially lost.... - [12 Mar 2008]
Even though I've been fortunate to never have had AIDS touch my life, this book still brought home a powerhouse of feelings - shame at seeing how poorly so many of our fellow human beings were treated, anger at the way their suffering was treated as i...
home a powerhouse of feelings - shame at seeing how poorly so many of our fellow human ...
www.amazon.com/review/R2KJ7CC8YD...
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Review of And The Band Played On - [17 Oct 2007]
I've just received it and only just started reading it. So far I agree with all the other reviewers that this is an extraordinary and landmark piece of investigative journalism. Looking back, in 2007, on the history of the epidemic it very moving to see...
reviewers that this is an extraordinary and landmark piece of investigative journalism. Looking...
www.amazon.com/review/R3LH3J7DBEP...
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A Must Read - [15 Oct 2007]
I bought this book on sale because I saw the made for TV movie many years ago. The movie wasn't that great, but the book is compelling and addictive and infinately tragic. It's a monster of a read and the many historical characters listed are difficult...
t that great, but the book is compelling and addictive and infinately tragic. It's a monster...
www.amazon.com/review/R6IIT0EM5...
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The AIDS Epidemic - [09 May 2007]
Trace the beginning of the AIDS virus through society with this compelling account of the epidemic. You'll be shocked and horrified.
epidemic. You'll be shocked and horrified.
www.amazon.com/review/R1JNEFM8WFV...
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important, profound piece of journalism... - [26 Feb 2007]
I read this book in 1991 after caring for a brother who died from AIDS. When he was alive and we were together we didn't know a thing about this virus except what it was doing to our lives. About five years after his time was up a friend gave me a copy...
and we were together we didn't know a thing about this virus except what it was doing to our...
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magnificent and riveting - [06 Feb 2007]
I read this as background for a thesis paper on journalism on HIV; I didn't realize quite what I was getting into with this one.
It may be the greatest non ficton books I've ever read, an utterly moving and compelling account of the epidemic and response...
what I was getting into with this one.
It may be the greatest non ficton books I've ever ...
www.amazon.com/review/R32F6NTUY...
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You've heard of - [15 Jan 2007]
"The age of dinosaurs" or "the age of mammals"? Wrong. All ages have been "The Age of Microbes". And they mutate fast, and are lookin' for a home. A memorable scene in "Angels in America" is of a PWA "visited" by his ancestors who had been dispatched ...
. And they mutate fast, and are lookin' for a home. A memorable scene in "Angels in America...
www.amazon.com/review/R2OH87QITF...
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The Best Book I Read in 2005 - [25 Jul 2006]
And the Band Played On is an act of phenomenal research and writing, and a very frightening book on many levels because of the political wrangling, political bumbling, and political disregard for a medical crisis which cost the lives of so many, the scientific...
book on many levels because of the political wrangling, political bumbling, and political...
www.amazon.com/review/R1EV23W4O...
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One of the most important books written the previous century - [16 May 2006]
To me this important expose on the begining of the AIDS crises and Reagan's response is extremely important. It's now classic and old information. But it's a valuable history lesson we all must read.
important. It's now classic and old information. But it's a valuable history lesson...
www.amazon.com/review/R1E95SGR7...
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